IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2017 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE S.N.SATYANARAYANA WRIT PETITION NOS.42451/2012 & 1603/2013(CS-RES) BETWEEN 1. D.E. RAMALINGE GOWDA, S/O LATE D.E.EREGOWDA, AGED ABOUT 72 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO.129, 2ND MAIN, KANKAGERE, HASSAN MOHALLA, MYSORE – 570 004.
2. B.NANJUNDASWAMY, S/O LATE BASAPPA, AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS, RESIDING AT DOOR NO-28, VDRR AGRAHAR, RAMANUJA ROAD, MYSORE-570 004. ... PETITIONERS (BY SRI N.RAMACHANDRA, ADVOCATE) AND 1. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF COOPERATION, 6TH FLOOR, III BLOCK, M.S.BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDI, BANGALORE-560 001.
2. ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (H&M), NO-1 ALI ASKER ROAD, BANGALORE- 560 052.
3. JOINT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, MYSORE REGION, PUBLIC OFFICES BUILDING, NEW SAYAJIRAO ROAD, BANGALORE – 570 024.
4. ASSISTANT REGISTRAR OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (MONEY LENDING), PALACE BUILDING, MYSORE -570 024.
5. MYSORE CHAMARAJANAGAR DISTRICT SCHOOL TEACHERS HOUSE BUILDING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LTD., NO-114, SRI. VIVEKANANDA BLOCK, DR.S.RADHAKRISHNAN NAGARA TEACHERS LAYOUT, MYSORE-570 011, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI LAKSHMINARAYAN, AGA FOR R1 TO R4, SRI G.CHANDRASHEKARAIAH, ADVOCATE FOR R5) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER PASSED BY THE FIRST RESPONDENT IN A REVISION PETITION DATED 19.5.2012 VIDE ANNEXURE-L AND ETC., THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER The petitioners herein were the members of the Managing Committee of 5th respondent – Society and with reference to certain irregularities said to have committed by them while functioning as Directors of said Society, an inquiry was ordered against them under Section 64 of the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959, wherein the charges leveled against them were proved and thereafter, proceedings were initiated by the Society under Section 69 of the Act. It is stated that as against said proceedings initiated under Section 69 of the Act, an appeal is pending before the Appellate Tribunal. In that view of the matter, these writ petitions do not survive for consideration.
2. The submission of the learned counsel for the parties is taken on record. Accordingly, the writ petitions are dismissed as having become infructuous.
Sd/- JUDGE nd/-